The external walls were built using ICF blocks with a 158mm concrete core. These use grey "graphite enhanced" expanded polysterene (EPS) and provide a U-value of 0.15W/m2K. The party walls also have a 158mm core, but only 70mm of EPS on each side. The concrete mix was a C30/35, CIIIA, S3 mix pump with 10mm stone, to help it flow and reduce cover requirements. The floors in the houses were supported on engineered timber joists, while the apartments use 150mm HD (sound) precast units. Large sections of the building have unreinforced walls, with reinforcement used only where required for structural reasons. 8 | CQ | spring 2012derby | shine-ZC housingProject teamClient East Midlands Renewable EnergyArchitect Simon Foote ArchitectsICF supplier Logix UKShining exampleAt Shine-ZC, Simon Foote Architects has transformed an unpromising derelict warehouse site in Derby into a blueprint for affordable carbon-neutral living Located in the heart of Derby, Shine-ZC is a compact urban housing scheme consisting of six terraced homes and three apartments, developed by a consortium led by East Midlands Renewable Energy and Loughborough University. That catchy name belies a rather cumbersome acronym: Shine-ZC stands for the Sustainable Housing Innovation Network of Excellence - Zero Carbon. It has been designed and constructed to achieve level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes, the highest government rating for carbon-neutral properties, with the intention of illustrating how an integrated whole-system approach can provide sustainable homes of the future at a realistic cost.The development uses a combination of intelligent design, system integration and control, and innovative passive sustainability. A major feature is the use of a basement as a seasonal heat store. This uses masonry from the demolished warehouse building that previously stood on the site to store heat generated from the solar roof Photos: Simon Foote Architectspanels, helping to increase the effectiveness of the domestic hot water and space heating system.The walls are constructed using insulating concrete formwork, or ICF. This consists of hollow, high-strength, lightweight polystyrene moulded blocks that are assembled and then filled with concrete. The forms remain permanently in place (see box, above). Heat and power generation is via a small CHP unit, fuelled by recycled vegetable oil, with solar panels also providing hot water. Each home has a mechanical ventilation and heat recovery system, and windows can be opened to provide additional cross ventilation. There is also a monitoring system to supply the evidence that the homes will meet their sustainability targets, which include the delivery of a positive net carbon balance and total energy consumption of less than 60kWh/m2 per year.These homes provide real, long-term cost-effective, zero-carbon performance. 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